Saturday 22 December 2012

Libertarians do not vote tactically

It is generally assumed that in a fptp voting system people will coalesce around the two main parties and vote tactically. But as time passes we see fewer and fewer voters opting to endorse the two main parties. Tactical voting is becoming less important. And this is a problem for the political right because the left are more inclined to vote for an already popular party. There is no reason for Libertarians to vote for the Libertarian party they could vote for an alternate Libertarian party. There could be many different Libertarian parties. But with socialism it doesn't make sense not to vote for the established party of the left because socialism requires collectivism. For the left it is natural to vote for the big parties which means fptp favours the left. Fptp is not good for the right because right-wing voters are not interested in voting for the big establishment parties. Individualists and Libertarians are punished by fptp because they do not vote for the big parties.

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